March 13, 2002

NOTICE

Please make every effort to notify the Toastmaster of the Evening well in advance if you are unable to fulfill your assigned role - it’s common courtesy and a sign of a Competent Toastmaster

Worcester, MA

President: John Keeton Treasurer: Bill Dussault

VP Education: Therese Delongchamp Sgt. at Arms: Fred Nathan

VP Publicity: Al Wheeler Secretary: Peter Hoag

VP Membership: Filomena Didiano Bulletin Editor: Peter Hoag

Attendees: 21 members – Filomena Didiano, Fred Nathan, John Keeton, John Capuano, Joe Mewhiney, Bill Dussault, Elisabeth Ludlage, Brian Mulroy, Karen Lefebvre, Triin Tammearu, Carl Lakes, Aaron Kan, Praveen Sharma Fang Lui, Vinod Chaku, Wayne DuPont, Rob Koenig, Dick Brady, Mary Alice Widness, Al Wheeler, Peter Hoag- 1 Guest

Notes

· The dues are due !!!!! Please send check for $36 made out to “Central Toasmasters 2277”. You can give it to Bill Dussault or John Keeton via mail or the next meeting.

· The International Speech Contest for the club will be held this coming Wednesday. If you’d like to participate, please contact John Keeton or Wayne Dupont.

· Old friend Paul Goldstein will be in our area from March 19 thru April 9. He plans to attend the March 20 and April 3 Toastmaster meetings and would like to see as many of his friends from Central TM as possible.

PARTICIPANTS

Meeting Chair	John Keeton	Toastmaster	Peter Hoag
Invocation	Carl Lakes	Topicsmaster	Brian Mulroy
Thought	Karen Lefebvre	General Evaluator	Rob Koenig
Joke	Triin Tammearu	Timer	John Capuano
Grammarian/WordMaster	Rob Koenig	Word	Peremptory – not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative

SPEAKERS

Speaker	Speech title	Evaluator	Summary
Mary Alice Widness	The Money Pit	John Keeton	C&L #6 – Mary Alice related her experience in buying a house that turned into a money pit. The house needed a lot of TLC as the prior owner left her a grungy basement and unkempt yard, among other things. The house gave her asthma that turned into pleurisy. And to top things off, her mother’s silver was stolen.
Joe Mewhiney	Building Goodwill	Karen Lefebvre	Public Relations #1 – Joe told a tale of two cousins – one who stayed in school and worked hard and became an advisor to the king, the other who didn’t apply himself and let the king down. Like the advisor, we Toastmasters are working on having initiative and improving ourselves
Carl Lakes	My Life	Wayne DuPont	Carl’s Ice Breaker brought us on a journey of his life, from a young pitching star, to an interest in music and playing in several bands, to his 25 years in the Buying business. He’s got a new job and is joining Toastmasters for his personal growth.
Praveen Sharma	Jack of Many Trades and Master of None	Al Wheeler	Praveen’s Ice Breaker started with his hope to become an Ideal Person. He told us of his interests growing up, like football, cricket, math, and chess. He is married, has a 2-yr old son and has a degree in mechanical engineering.

AWARDS

Best Impromptu	Dick Brady
Best Prepared Speech	Carl Lakes
Best Evaluator	Wayne Dupont

UPCOMING MEETINGS

	March 20, 2002	March 27, 2002	April 3, 2002
Toastmaster	Serious Speech Contest Master of Ceremonies: Wayne DuPont 508-869-2450	Rob Koenig 508-842-1406	Tentatively, this will be the Area Serious Speech Contest. It may not be on this day. Stay tuned.
Topicsmaster	Topicsmaster: Elisabeth Verghese	George McKenna
Gen. Evaluator		Karen Lefebvre
Grammarian		Carl Lakes
Timer	Timers: Triin Tammearu and Carl Lakes	Dan Abraham
Speaker 1	Speakers : To be determined	Bill Dussault
Speaker 2		Marie Cutroni
Speaker 3	We need two “counters” – if interested call Wayne DuPont	John Capuano
Speaker 4
Evaluator 1	Chief Judge: Joe Mewhiney	Aaron Kan
Evaluator 2		Divya Verghese
Evaluator 3		Rosemary Chaput

Ÿ We meet every Wednesday from 7-9 pm at the Regency Suite. Directions are below.

Ÿ Members who are interested in speaking outside the club, please contact George Hast for more information about the “Speaker’s Bureau”

Ÿ The toastmaster of the evening and the Sergeant of Arms are responsible for arranging the tables suitably for the meeting

Ÿ Fed Nathan, Sergeant at Arms, will collect $5.00 from any member who has not met the minimum dinner purchase requirement that maintains the room availability

Ÿ A 15% gratuity is mandatory to insure proper service. You may, at your discretion, give more.

Ÿ It is a sign of courtesy to be quiet while a speaker is at the podium.

Ÿ Proper dress for the dinner meeting is business casual at a minimum.

Ÿ To sign up to receive district 31 headquarters e-mail and news, go to the WWW and visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d31tm

Ÿ Notice to all Club Officers - please have a speech ready at all times so we can replace any no shows. This is a good practice for all Toastmasters as well – BE PREPARED!

Ÿ Be sure to contact Therese Delongchamp (VP of Education) if you want to get on the schedule for a role or speech. Therese’s home phone is 508-797-0974.

Ÿ If you have an e-mail address (home or work) and are still receiving the Bulletin via regular mail please contact Pete Hoag ("peter.hoag@staples.com") so we can add you to our e-mail distribution.

Directions to location at the Regency Suite:

Exit 13 Kelly Square: Take a right if coming from Eastbound 290 (left if coming from Westbound 290) off the exit ramp to Kelly's Square. Take

a left onto Madison St. (between the two gas stations). At the second light turn right and you are there. It is next to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.